See κέντρον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
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"2": "κέντρο"
},
"expansion": "Greek: κέντρο (kéntro)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: κέντρο (kéntro)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Aramaic:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aramaic:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "syc",
"2": "ܩܢܛܪܘܢ",
"tr": "qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn"
},
"expansion": "Classical Syriac: ܩܢܛܪܘܢ (qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Classical Syriac: ܩܢܛܪܘܢ (qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "კენტრო",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "centrum",
"3": "centō",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: centrum, centō",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: centrum, centō (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "կենդրովն",
"3": "կենտրովն",
"4": "կենտրոն",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "կենտրոն",
"3": "կեդրոն"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "केन्द्र",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra) (see there for further descendants)"
}
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"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "der",
"3": "ine-pro>*ḱent->prick",
"id": "point"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "grk-pro",
"3": "*kéntron"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kéntron",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱéntrom"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "çandër",
"3": "",
"4": "forked pole"
},
"expansion": "Albanian çandër (“forked pole”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "սանտր"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian սանտր (santr)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κεντέω",
"3": "-τρον",
"gloss1": "I sting"
},
"expansion": "κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron)",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom, from *ḱent- (“to prick; point”); direct cognate with Albanian çandër (“forked pole”) and probably Old Armenian սանտր (santr), սանդր (sandr, “comb”).\nEquivalent to κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron).",
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{
"form": "kéntron",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρου",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-2",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Second declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸ κέντρον",
"roman": "tò kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "tằ kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ κέντρου",
"roman": "toû kéntrou",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντροιν",
"roman": "kéntroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρων",
"roman": "kéntrōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ κέντρῳ",
"roman": "tôi kéntrōi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντροιν",
"roman": "kéntroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖς κέντροις",
"roman": "toîs kéntrois",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸ κέντρον",
"roman": "tò kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "tằ kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρον",
"roman": "kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "κέντρου",
"2": "n",
"3": "second"
},
"expansion": "κέντρον • (kéntron) n (genitive κέντρου); second declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "κέντρον",
"2": "ου"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kestós",
"word": "κεστός"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-cxWTrZTy",
"links": [
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"spike",
"spike"
],
[
"spur",
"spur"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 26 10 13 28 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sting, quill, thorn"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-nZ0m9mdZ",
"links": [
[
"sting",
"sting"
],
[
"quill",
"quill"
],
[
"thorn",
"thorn"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 26 10 13 28 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-zL7EWHpB",
"links": [
[
"whip",
"whip"
],
[
"goad",
"goad"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 26 10 13 28 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"nail, rivet"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-W2p8s2NG",
"links": [
[
"nail",
"nail"
],
[
"rivet",
"rivet"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "22 17 7 9 36 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 15 6 8 38 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 26 10 13 28 7 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 21 9 11 32 6 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 4 3 4 49 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 4 2 3 49 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"stationary point of a pair of compasses"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-GS-mn0zR",
"links": [
[
"pair of compasses",
"pair of compasses"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"center of a circle"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-wLfvAOPq",
"links": [
[
"center",
"center"
],
[
"circle",
"circle"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You're sticking your prick in an unholy hole.",
"ref": "Sotades on Ptolemy II's incestuous marriage, cited by Plutarch, De liberis educandis 11a, and Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 14.621a",
"roman": "eis oukh hosíēn trumaliḕn tò kéntron ōtheîs.",
"text": "εἰς οὐχ ὁσίην τρυμαλιὴν τὸ κέντρον ὠθεῖς.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"penis"
],
"id": "en-κέντρον-grc-noun-9pUtbu9V",
"links": [
[
"penis",
"penis"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, vulgar) penis"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kén.tron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kén.tron/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈken.tron/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "κέντρον"
}
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
"Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
"Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
"Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τρον",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "κέντρο"
},
"expansion": "Greek: κέντρο (kéntro)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Greek: κέντρο (kéntro)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "arc",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Aramaic:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Aramaic:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "syc",
"2": "ܩܢܛܪܘܢ",
"tr": "qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn"
},
"expansion": "Classical Syriac: ܩܢܛܪܘܢ (qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Classical Syriac: ܩܢܛܪܘܢ (qenṭrōn, qanṭrōn)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ka",
"2": "კენტრო",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Georgian: კენტრო (ḳenṭro)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "centrum",
"3": "centō",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latin: centrum, centō",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latin: centrum, centō (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "կենդրովն",
"3": "կենտրովն",
"4": "կենտրոն",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Old Armenian: կենդրովն (kendrovn), կենտրովն (kentrovn), կենտրոն (kentron)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "կենտրոն",
"3": "կեդրոն"
},
"expansion": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Armenian: կենտրոն (kentron), կեդրոն (kedron)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "केन्द्र",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Sanskrit: केन्द्र (kendra) (see there for further descendants)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "der",
"3": "ine-pro>*ḱent->prick",
"id": "point"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "grk-pro",
"3": "*kéntron"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *kéntron",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱéntrom"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "çandër",
"3": "",
"4": "forked pole"
},
"expansion": "Albanian çandër (“forked pole”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xcl",
"2": "սանտր"
},
"expansion": "Old Armenian սանտր (santr)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κεντέω",
"3": "-τρον",
"gloss1": "I sting"
},
"expansion": "κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron)",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *kéntron, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom, from *ḱent- (“to prick; point”); direct cognate with Albanian çandër (“forked pole”) and probably Old Armenian սանտր (santr), սանդր (sandr, “comb”).\nEquivalent to κεντέω (kentéō, “I sting”) + -τρον (-tron).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kéntron",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρου",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-2",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Second declension",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸ κέντρον",
"roman": "tò kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "tằ kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ κέντρου",
"roman": "toû kéntrou",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντροιν",
"roman": "kéntroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρων",
"roman": "kéntrōn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ κέντρῳ",
"roman": "tôi kéntrōi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντροιν",
"roman": "kéntroin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῖς κέντροις",
"roman": "toîs kéntrois",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸ κέντρον",
"roman": "tò kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "τᾰ̀ κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "tằ kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρον",
"roman": "kéntron",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρω",
"roman": "kéntrō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "κέντρᾰ",
"roman": "kéntră",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "κέντρου",
"2": "n",
"3": "second"
},
"expansion": "κέντρον • (kéntron) n (genitive κέντρου); second declension",
"name": "grc-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "κέντρον",
"2": "ου"
},
"name": "grc-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "kestós",
"word": "κεστός"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur"
],
"links": [
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"spike",
"spike"
],
[
"spur",
"spur"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sting, quill, thorn"
],
"links": [
[
"sting",
"sting"
],
[
"quill",
"quill"
],
[
"thorn",
"thorn"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Torture device or instrument of motivation: whip, goad"
],
"links": [
[
"whip",
"whip"
],
[
"goad",
"goad"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"nail, rivet"
],
"links": [
[
"nail",
"nail"
],
[
"rivet",
"rivet"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"stationary point of a pair of compasses"
],
"links": [
[
"pair of compasses",
"pair of compasses"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"center of a circle"
],
"links": [
[
"center",
"center"
],
[
"circle",
"circle"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Ancient Greek terms with quotations",
"Ancient Greek vulgarities"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "You're sticking your prick in an unholy hole.",
"ref": "Sotades on Ptolemy II's incestuous marriage, cited by Plutarch, De liberis educandis 11a, and Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 14.621a",
"roman": "eis oukh hosíēn trumaliḕn tò kéntron ōtheîs.",
"text": "εἰς οὐχ ὁσίην τρυμαλιὴν τὸ κέντρον ὠθεῖς.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"penis"
],
"links": [
[
"penis",
"penis"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, vulgar) penis"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kén.tron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kén.tron/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈken.tron/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.tron/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈcen.dron/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "κέντρον"
}
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